Ar'N't I A Woman?: Female Slaves in the Plantation South

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Summary: Not quite Honest story of slave women
Review: I believe that this book is factually incorrect. White makes a strong statement that slave children were dying of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SID). She is unable to admit the possibility, desire and need of slave mothers to commit infanticide. For a high schooler or entry level college student, this book could give the wrong messages. While some of her facts are well taken, the ones that she concentrates on the most may very well be false. There is other material in this book that I think is just outright wrong considering that I have done substantial research on slavery. A reader can learn more about chattel slavery by studying slavery outside the US: slavery in Latin America and Brazil particularly. Historians outside the US have not turned slavery into a happy patchwork quilt.

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Summary: My Review
Review: I have not yet read this book. It looks exciting and I hope I enjoy it. I am reading this book for a report in JROTC.

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Summary: My Review
Review: I have not yet read this book. It looks exciting and I hope I enjoy it. I am reading this book for a report in JROTC.

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Summary: GREAT READING FOR BLACK WOMEN
Review: In reading this book for an assignment for a history class, I took to heart what the women went thru during the slavery days. You got the feeling of being there with them and feeling their pain. Ms. White has done an excellent job in bring out what really went on with women during slavery.

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Summary: Average book more then average subject
Review: This book is a major disappointment. It begins with a story about Harriet Tubman and then leaves the reader to wonder what has happened. The rest of the book is filled with anecdotes from various sources and refutes the contention that this is one of the first books written about the role of Black women during the slavery period..The book's weakest point comes when she states that "both the black female slave and the planter's wife were equally oppressed because they knew little of birth control" this is feminist wishful thinking at its best..Another reviewer wrote that "white males and their heterosexual patriarchy are to blame for the maltreatment of slave women in the south" I would urge her and other's to read what many Southern women thought about their slaves. It is not the Pollyanna world of Sistahood between slaves and their white female owner's that the author tries to portray..A cute book at best.......